At 15 years old I discovered the H4N recorder. I used it like an old 4-track, building songs with multiple vocals, guitars, bass, piano, and drums, trying to multi-task and cram as much as possible into each track. This was my sandbox. Building songs.
I had no technical inclination whatsoever to learn software - I was only interested in the pure art of building arrangements.

Fast forward to college, I decide to drop out after 3 semesters of mounting student debt and feeling completely inadequate in recording school. I had no idea where to start. I just came from a state-of-the-art, million-dollar studio, but didn't know how to properly record at home.
I spent the next 5 years following along to YouTube tutorials, working alongside friends and producers, asking questions to anyone who would answer, or be kind enough to walk me through their sessions. I secretly recorded multiple albums of what I thought to be awfully-produced music, until one day someone asked me "Hey, would you produce for me?" I was not ready to even consider this, because I hadn't met my own standard of production. But I needed income, so I took the work. 6 clients later, I thought "Why don't I trust myself with my own music?"

So I took it upon myself to record Rivers, my first real public release.

I had reached the other side of this realization, gaining confidence, and was starting to turn my fear of left-brain technical activities into a creative tool. After all these years, I've made it a personal mission to help artists save themselves from years of pain going through the circuitous process of learning DIY production. I hope you can gain the confidence to record your own music, and in the process gain a marketable skill to earn more money through music.